Back To Square One (Torchwood au)(Immortals sequel)

Scars

Jack's pov

Over the next week I get into a routine. Wake up, train, go home, sleep. I'm sinking back into my old my old life now; but I hate it. I miss Torchwood, I miss Ianto. We do two more simulations which just make me feel worse about being back here but we're mostly doing combat training. Lydia also told us that we have lost memories due to the simulations going wrong which explains why I don't really know what was real anymore. I just hope that that was the only damage.

I also did some research and found that the doctor is real. If you look closely enough throughout history, you can find records of him but it's like someone has removed them all because all of the UNIT and time agency files on him no longer exist. I found that weird, after all how could he be in my simulation if the time agency doesn't have information on him. Honestly though, that's the least of my worries right now.

Realising that I completely zoned out I quickly finish my meal, ignoring Isaiah asking if I'm ok and head back to the training room. It's great having Isaiah back but I sometimes wish that I could train with someone other than him. I need something, or someone, new in my life or I'll go mad.

Lydia is waiting for me in the training room and Isaiah arrives about ten minutes after me. It's a huge room with a dome roof and different weapons lining one of the walls. There are mats at one end to practice hand to hand combat and targets for gun practice in the opposite corner. The rest of the room is open space, usually used for conditioning. Today Lydia is wearing skin tight black leather clothing so I guess we are doing something new.

She leads us over to the mats and hands us each a leather top like the clothes she is wearing and signals to us to put them on. As Isaiah changes his clothing I notice that his back is scarred, exactly like the simulation. How can that have happened to him, the only thing that inflicts those types of scars is the weapons used by the Gelth. It's impossible and I swear that they weren't there yesterday. I cast my thoughts aside as soon as we begin to train though, if I want to get this right I need to concentrate.

Later, back in our flat, I decide to ask Isaiah about the scars. As soon as we sit down to eat I bring up the subject.

"So, Isaiah...I noticed something earlier... when we were changing in the training room." I pause unsure how to carry on, "Well I noticed scars on your back, like the ones you had in the simulation, and when I say like I mean they were identical. Why didn't you mention it?"

Isaiah is looking at me as if I'm mad, "What are you talking about Jack? I don't have any scars, I can prove it." with this he takes his shirt off and turns so that his back it to me.

I stare in disbelief at him, at his unscarred back, "But...but they were there, I saw them. I know I did." I stammer. How were they not real?

"Come on Jack, it was probably just aftereffects of the simulation going wrong or something. You should get some sleep." Isaiah places his hand on my arm and leads me to my bedroom. I get into bed but I don't sleep at all.

A:N/ Sorry this one is quite short and my posts have been slow. I've been getting a lot of writer's block recently.

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-Annie